1967 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
OrganisersIAAF
Edition4th
DateOctober 15
Host cityBad Saarow, Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder), German Democratic Republic East Germany
Events2
Participation48 athletes from
8 nations

The 1967 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Bad Saarow, German Democratic Republic, on October 15, 1967. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

Complete results were published.[1]

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
20 km walk  Nikolay Smaga (URS) 1:28:39  Vladimir Golubnichiy (URS) 1:28:58  Ron Laird (USA) 1:29:13
50 km walk  Christoph Höhne (GDR) 4:09:09  Peter Selzer (GDR) 4:11:40  Aleksandr Shcherbina (URS) 4:13:07
Men (Team)
Team  East Germany 128 pts  Soviet Union 107 pts  United Kingdom 104 pts

Results

Men's 20 km

Place Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nikolay Smaga  Soviet Union (URS) 1:28:39
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vladimir Golubnichiy  Soviet Union (URS) 1:28:58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ron Laird  United States (USA) 1:29:13
4 Gerhard Sperling  East Germany (GDR) 1:30:15
5 Peter Frenkel  East Germany (GDR) 1:30:30
6 Peter Fullager  Great Britain (GBR) 1:31:34
7 Hans-Joachim Pathus  East Germany (GDR) 1:33:07
8 John Webb  Great Britain (GBR) 1:33:56
9 Ron Wallwork  Great Britain (GBR) 1:34:54
10 Julius Müller  West Germany (FRG) 1:35:00
11 Bernhard Nermerich  West Germany (FRG) 1:35:37
12 Åke Söderlund  Sweden (SWE) 1:36:02
13 Karl-Heinz Pape  West Germany (FRG) 1:36:06
14 István Göri  Hungary (HUN) 1:36:09
15 Pasquale Busca  Italy (ITA) 1:36:22
16 Tom Dooley  United States (USA) 1:37:21
17 János Dalmati  Hungary (HUN) 1:37:53
18 Andor Antal  Hungary (HUN) 1:38:03
19 Örjan Andersson  Sweden (SWE) 1:38:15
20 Gabriele Nigro  Italy (ITA) 1:40:48
21 Ingvar Pettersson  Sweden (SWE) 1:41:39
22 Jack Mortland  United States (USA) 1:42:14
23 Gennadiy Solodov  Soviet Union (URS) 1:48:24
— Nicola De Vito  Italy (ITA) DNF

Men's 50 km

Place Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christoph Höhne  East Germany (GDR) 4:09:09
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Selzer  East Germany (GDR) 4:11:40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aleksandr Shcherbina  Soviet Union (URS) 4:13:07
4 Kurt Sakowski  East Germany (GDR) 4:13:52
5 Sergey Bondarenko  Soviet Union (URS) 4:21:52
6 Don Thompson  Great Britain (GBR) 4:25:21
7 Stig Lindberg  Sweden (SWE) 4:28:53
8 Ray Middleton  Great Britain (GBR) 4:29:23
9 Shaun Lightman  Great Britain (GBR) 4:31:24
10 Igor Della-Rossa  Soviet Union (URS) 4:31:28
11 István Havasi  Hungary (HUN) 4:33:01
12 Gerhard Weidner  West Germany (FRG) 4:35:25
13 Horst-Rüdiger Magnor  West Germany (FRG) 4:36:53
14 Max Sjöholm  Sweden (SWE) 4:40:21
15 Sante Mancini  Italy (ITA) 4:41:26
16 Antonio De Gaetano  Italy (ITA) 4:41:49
17 Goetz Klopfer  United States (USA) 4:46:42
18 Werner Hupfeld  West Germany (FRG) 4:50:46
19 Luigi De Rosso  Italy (ITA) 4:51:50
20 James Clifton  United States (USA) 4:57:07
21 János Szabó  Hungary (HUN) 5:02:53
22 Larry Young  United States (USA) 5:06:08
23 Tibor Balajcza  Hungary (HUN) 5:18:05
— Stefan Ingvarsson  Sweden (SWE) DNF

Team

The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.[2]

Place Country Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  East Germany 128 pts
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union 107 pts
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United Kingdom 104 pts
4  West Germany 73 pts
5  Sweden 52 pts
6  United States 50 pts
7  Hungary 46 pts
8  Italy 40 pts
9  South Africa DNS

Participation

The participation of 48 athletes from 8 countries is reported.[1]

Qualifying rounds

From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds with the first two winners proceeding to the final. This year, the German Democratic Republic, the United Kingdom, Hungary, the United States, and the Republic of South Africa proceeded directly to the final.

  Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

References

  1. ^ a b IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - SARANSK 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved July 29, 2013
  2. ^ "IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - TAICANG 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 5 August 2017. Men's Lugano Trophy(Combining results of 20Km & 50Km)
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